Ah the classic "Let release a revew before the Day One patch arrives" crowd. Jesus wept.

What are they supposed to do? If they wait for launch day they're basically a week too late and it's old news. If people can buy the game and get in to play, which they can, that is launch, no matter how EA try and spin it. This is a symptom of EA's staggered launch nonsense and it's no-one's fault but theirs.

Is the mouse stuff actually fixed on pc now? In the open beta it had awful deceleration if you flicked ""fast"" they said it was a known bug that would be fixed next patch but I see the "day 1(7)" patch notes listed something about further improvements. I'm tempted to have a punt at the origin trial but super cbf with mouse molesting.

Is the mouse stuff actually fixed on pc now? In the open beta it had awful deceleration if you flicked ""fast"" they said it was a known bug that would be fixed next patch but I see the "day 1(7)" patch notes listed something about further improvements. I'm tempted to have a punt at the origin trial but super cbf with mouse molesting.

Dunno ain't tried it since the demo. I'll try and remember to have a go tonight.

Is the mouse stuff actually fixed on pc now? In the open beta it had awful deceleration if you flicked ""fast"" they said it was a known bug that would be fixed next patch but I see the "day 1(7)" patch notes listed something about further improvements. I'm tempted to have a punt at the origin trial but super cbf with mouse molesting.

The mouse movement has gotten better in the demo i could not navigate under water it was super hard. Now its alot better without changing any of the settings. Plus its a lil bit more optomised on pc i get between 60-90 fps with a 1080ti it goes down to 40 when you have more then one storm on your team.

What are they supposed to do? If they wait for launch day they're basically a week too late and it's old news. If people can buy the game and get in to play, which they can, that is launch, no matter how EA try and spin it. This is a symptom of EA's staggered launch nonsense and it's no-one's fault but theirs.

The major streamers who have been playing early access from the weekend have been smart enough to remind people there is still a big patch due out to fix a number of issues across all platforms.

It wouldn't take much effort to wait for the patch to go back and look at assumptions made before publishing a review on a list of known issues.

The major streamers who have been playing early access from the weekend have been smart enough to remind people there is still a big patch due out to fix a number of issues across all platforms.

It wouldn't take much effort to wait for the patch to go back and look at assumptions made before publishing a review on a list of known issues.

One day late isn't going to kill sales.

Where did you get one day from? If reviewers wait for the day 1 patch they will be publishing their review at least 7 days after the game has become available. 7 days after people can already see the game on Twitch, they can already see impressions from YouTubers who have reached level 30 and started grinding for gear. Do you really not think that will affect traffic for their review?

Being the first review up can make a big difference to a site's traffic. This is why companies hand out review copies pre launch with embargo periods, so that reviewers have time to play a game and consider their review without all rushing to be first. That's obviously impractical with an online game like Anthem but at the same time it's completely unreasonable to ask review sites to wait seven days after the game is available to publish a review. By then everyone knows what they want to about a game and they don't care about review scores nearly as much. They might check out Opencritic, but why read a review when you've already watched 30 mins of YouTube gameplay?

I don't think reviewers are obliged to provide a review before the official launch but I think criticizing them for doing so when their own revenue depends on it is pretty absurd.

It's not like day 1 patches are a good thing to begin with even if they have become more of an industry norm.

At the end of the day EA chose to launch this way and this was an easily foreseeable consequence of doing so. If the product is available for purchase, which Anthem is, you cannot complain when critics purchase and criticize it in the state that it's in. That's literally their job. If you don't want it criticized in that state don't make it available for purchase in that state.

I never said I think Anthem sucks I was simply pointing out that the player count and interest in the game seems to be fading and the game is 2 days away from launch.

I miss the days where everyone played the same game and you could get a solid period of time out of it.
these days the multiplayer games comes so fast that every other month it's just the next fad on the list

I miss the days where everyone played the same game and you could get a solid period of time out of it.
these days the multiplayer games comes so fast that every other month it's just the next fad on the list

it seems there's this desire to just binge right through content. its not just Netflix thats been affected by it. Video games as well. With these type of Games as service experiences if you dont experience it within the 1st couple of weeks you miss out.

You're effectively correct EVA but as far as BiowEA is concerned, 22nd is the official release date.

Except it clearly wasn't ready for release on the 15th & despite an imminent day one patch the damage has already been done. They'd have been better to delay it a couple of weeks. Just like Andromeda. I'll still be getting it though.

This staggered release....not such a great idea when you're getting a shitload of 7/10 reviews.

Feels very fragmented, not good for community building.

My copy is coming to me tomorrow by the looks of MA billing, hopefully the Day 1 massivo patch fixes a lot and it feels good. First time I've ever bought a game where I pretty much am sure I'll be flicking it on after purchasing: hence going with the physical copy. Hoping to be mistaken and it's right up my alley....but I can't see this happening going on my trusted streamers opinions (Skillup, Datto, Fireteam crew, Mtash etc).

If this video is spot on, then ****..I'm gonna be sad Biofan IST come a couple days time away...

This staggered release....not such a great idea when you're getting a shitload of 7/10 reviews.

Feels very fragmented, not good for community building.

My copy is coming to me tomorrow by the looks of MA billing, hopefully the Day 1 massivo patch fixes a lot and it feels good. First time I've ever bought a game where I pretty much am sure I'll be flicking it on after purchasing: hence going with the physical copy. Hoping to be mistaken and it's right up my alley....but I can't see this happening going on my trusted streamers opinions (Skillup, Datto, Fireteam crew, Mtash etc).

If this video is spot on, then ****..I'm gonna be sad Biofan IST come a couple days time away...

Destin and Mtashed? yuck lol. Skillup is the man though, love his work.

I'm personally still getting this as I really want something new to play co-op with my lady. Destiny has burned us both out and the annual pass bullshit sealed the deal.